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Orly Sade

Orly Sade is an Israeli financial economist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known for research on behavioral and experimental finance and crowdfunding.

born 1969Behavioral and experimental finance researchCrowdfunding researchDean of Hebrew University business school

Occupation: economist
Education: Tel Aviv University, University of Utah

Orly Sade was born in 1969

Orly Sade was born in 1969. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics and an MBA at Tel Aviv University. In 2001 she completed a PhD in finance at the University of Utah.

She teaches finance at the School of Business Administration of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she directed the bachelor's program. She was the first woman in Israel to receive tenure as an associate professor in finance. Since 2024 she has been dean of the school.

She has been a visiting professor at New York University, IE in Madrid, NES in Moscow and NYU Shanghai. Her research covers behavioral and experimental finance, financial auctions, market structure and crowdfunding. She received grants from the Israel Science Foundation.

She worked in the Banking Supervision Department of the Bank of Israel and sat on the board of the Israel Securities Authority. Since 2017 she has been a director at Clal Insurance. In 2024 she started a project with Clal Insurance to commemorate women killed in the Swords of Iron war.